{"id":795137,"date":"2026-04-08T21:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/?p=795137"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:44:10","slug":"historia-e-fotografit-te-famshem-nga-singapori-qe-u-pasurua-duke-blere-e-shitur-ora-luksoze-a-ishte-nje-skeme-ponzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/historia-e-fotografit-te-famshem-nga-singapori-qe-u-pasurua-duke-blere-e-shitur-ora-luksoze-a-ishte-nje-skeme-ponzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Historia e fotografit t\u00eb famsh\u00ebm nga Singapori q\u00eb u pasurua duke bler\u00eb e shitur or\u00eb luksoze, a ishte nj\u00eb skem\u00eb Ponzi?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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Or\u00eb luksoze t\u00eb blera nga nj\u00eb biznes i quajtur WatchFund<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Dominic Khoo rrezatonte pasuri dhe sukses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ai jetonte n\u00eb nj\u00eb vil\u00eb koloniale n\u00eb Singapor, nd\u00ebrronte vazhdimisht makinat luksoze dhe shoq\u00ebrohej me figura si Dennis Rodman.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ai ishte nj\u00eb fotograf i famsh\u00ebm q\u00eb ishte pasuruar duke tregtuar ora luksoze, si ato t\u00eb prodhuara nga Audemars Piguet dhe Girard-Perregaux. Ai u thoshte investitor\u00ebve t\u00eb mundsh\u00ebm se i blinte k\u00ebto ora shum\u00eb m\u00eb lir\u00eb se \u00e7mimi i shitjes me pakic\u00eb, ua shiste klient\u00ebve dhe m\u00eb pas i riblente me nj\u00eb \u00e7mim m\u00eb t\u00eb lart\u00eb. Pastaj i shiste s\u00ebrish me nj\u00eb \u00e7mim edhe m\u00eb t\u00eb lart\u00eb, duke fituar para edhe p\u00ebr vete.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAi t\u00eb jepte p\u00ebrshtypjen e dikujt q\u00eb mund t\u2019i besoje,\u201d<\/em> tha Edmund Liew, nj\u00eb mjek urgjence n\u00eb Hong Kong, i cili investoi qindra mij\u00ebra dollar\u00eb me Khoo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biznesi i Khoo, i quajtur The WatchFund, dukej se kishte lul\u00ebzuar p\u00ebr vite me radh\u00eb. Ai fitoi \u00e7mime p\u00ebr investime, u p\u00ebrmend n\u00eb The New York Times, Bloomberg dhe CNBC, dhe n\u00eb nj\u00eb moment tha se menaxhonte 38 milion\u00eb dollar\u00eb asete.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tani Khoo, 48 vje\u00e7, \u00ebsht\u00eb i falimentuar. Ai akuzohet gjithashtu p\u00ebr mashtrim; akuza q\u00eb ai i mohon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disa investitor\u00eb, p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb Dr. Liew, thon\u00eb se or\u00ebt q\u00eb mor\u00ebn nga Khoo u shit\u00ebn si \u201cinvestime cil\u00ebsore\u201d, por n\u00eb fakt vlenin shum\u00eb m\u00eb pak. T\u00eb pakt\u00ebn n\u00ebnt\u00eb akuza jan\u00eb depozituar n\u00eb polici n\u00eb Singapor kund\u00ebr Khoo, t\u00eb cilat nuk jan\u00eb raportuar m\u00eb par\u00eb. Ato e akuzojn\u00eb se ka t\u00ebrhequr klient\u00eb me premtime p\u00ebr fitime t\u00eb larta, por pa u kthyer kapitalin e tyre fillestar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dominic Khoo n\u00eb vitin 2015<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Nj\u00eb investitor i tha policis\u00eb se besonte q\u00eb Khoo drejtonte nj\u00eb biznes q\u00eb karakterizohej nga \u201coperacione t\u00eb ngjashme me skemat Ponzi\u201d. Policia tha se po i shqyrtonte ankesat, por nuk dha holl\u00ebsi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khoo mohon \u00e7do shkelje. N\u00eb disa intervista telefonike, ai kund\u00ebrshtoi vler\u00ebsimet e pavarura q\u00eb klient\u00ebt e tij kishin marr\u00eb. Ai tha se \u201cnuk ka asnj\u00eb mund\u00ebsi mashtrimi\u201d, sepse klient\u00ebt e tij i mbanin dhe i zot\u00ebronin vet\u00eb or\u00ebt.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u00c7dokush n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb bot\u00eb q\u00eb investon n\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb nivel nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb njeri pa para n\u00eb xhep, dhe nuk \u00ebsht\u00eb hera e par\u00eb q\u00eb merret me k\u00ebt\u00eb pun\u00eb, apo jo?\u201d<\/em> tha ai.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ngritja<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I lindur dhe rritur n\u00eb Singapor, Khoo ndoqi nj\u00eb shkoll\u00eb fillore prestigjioze n\u00eb qytet dhe u diplomua n\u00eb universitet n\u00eb Perth, Australi. Ai u b\u00eb fotograf i famsh\u00ebm, duke realizuar portrete t\u00eb personazheve si Cate Blanchett dhe Dalai Lama.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ai shpejt krijoi em\u00ebr n\u00eb Singapor. Por n\u00eb vitin 2013, ai njoftoi se po t\u00ebrhiqej nga fotografia n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn 35-vje\u00e7are dhe po themelonte The WatchFund, duke th\u00ebn\u00eb se ishte trajnuar me Antiquorum, nj\u00eb sht\u00ebpi ankandesh e specializuar n\u00eb ora.<\/span><\/p>\n

P\u00ebr shum\u00eb nga miqt\u00eb e tij dukej se ai kishte hyr\u00eb n\u00eb bot\u00ebn e t\u00eb pasurve, duke p\u00ebrdorur kart\u00ebn ekskluzive American Express Centurion dhe duke veshur k\u00ebpuc\u00eb Herm\u00e8s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khoo ekspozonte publikisht lidhjet e tij, duke shfaqur n\u00eb faqen e kompanis\u00eb s\u00eb tij se ishte ekspert or\u00ebsh \u201cme em\u00ebrim nga\u201d Princi Hakeem Jefri Bolkiah i Bruneit. Ai i tha nj\u00eb investitori se Forrest Li, miliarderi i teknologjis\u00eb me origjin\u00eb kineze q\u00eb jeton n\u00eb Singapor, dhe Massimo Ferragamo, djali m\u00eb i vog\u00ebl i magnatit t\u00eb k\u00ebpuc\u00ebve Salvatore Ferragamo, kishin investuar n\u00eb biznesin e tij, sipas mesazheve t\u00eb shqyrtuara nga The Times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Z\u00ebdh\u00ebn\u00ebs t\u00eb princit dhe i Li than\u00eb se Khoo kishte paraqitur gabimisht marr\u00ebdh\u00ebniet e tyre profesionale. Ferragamo i ri refuzoi t\u00eb komentoj\u00eb, por \u00ebsht\u00eb nd\u00ebr kreditor\u00ebt e The WatchFund, sipas nj\u00eb prej avokat\u00ebve t\u00eb tij.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disa nga klient\u00ebt e par\u00eb t\u00eb Khoo ishin miq nga shkolla, dhe s\u00eb shpejti ai u zgjerua n\u00eb Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nj\u00eb aspekt i biznesit t\u00eb tij q\u00eb u dha besim investitor\u00ebve – edhe pse or\u00ebt konsiderohen nga disa si nj\u00eb investim jo transparent – ishte baza e operimit t\u00eb Khoo. Singapori \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb qend\u00ebr financiare globale e njohur p\u00ebr ligjet e rrepta kund\u00ebr mashtrimit financiar, madje n\u00eb fund t\u00eb vitit t\u00eb kaluar njoftoi se mashtruesit mund t\u00eb nd\u00ebshkoheshin edhe me goditje me kamxhik.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKisha p\u00ebrshtypjen se, duke qen\u00eb n\u00eb Singapor, ishte i besuesh\u00ebm,\u201d<\/em> tha Dr. Liew, duke shtuar se n\u00ebse biznesi do ishte bazuar n\u00eb Dubai, New York ose Lond\u00ebr, ai \u201cnuk do e kishte konsideruar fare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cN\u00eb fillim, ai b\u00ebri gjith\u00e7ka si duhet,\u201d<\/em> tha Jay Samathivathanachai, nj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr klient, djali i t\u00eb cilit ishte shok shkolle me Khoo. Ai tha se investoi rreth 100,000 dollar\u00eb n\u00eb vitin 2017 dhe realizoi fitim.<\/span><\/p>\n

Por kur ai deshi t\u00eb t\u00ebrhiqte investimin n\u00eb vitin 2022, Khoo i tha se bler\u00ebsi q\u00eb kishte gjetur p\u00ebr or\u00ebn e tij ishte t\u00ebrhequr nga marr\u00ebveshja. Samathivathanachai vazhdoi t\u2019i k\u00ebrkonte p\u00ebr muaj t\u00eb t\u00ebr\u00eb Khoo-s\u00eb q\u00eb ta shiste or\u00ebn, madje duke ofruar edhe ulje \u00e7mimi.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nj\u00eb pamje e vilave koloniale n\u00eb Singapor. Z. Khoo jetonte n\u00eb nj\u00eb vil\u00eb koloniale n\u00eb Singapor, udh\u00ebtonte me bi\u00e7iklet\u00eb n\u00ebp\u00ebr makina luksoze dhe shoq\u00ebrohej me njer\u00ebz si Dennis Rodman<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Po at\u00eb vit, Tse Siu Hang, nj\u00eb investitor n\u00eb Hong Kong, e paditi Khoo n\u00eb Singapor p\u00ebr paraqitje t\u00eb rreme, duke th\u00ebn\u00eb se i ishin premtuar shtat\u00eb ora luksoze p\u00ebr rreth 1.6 milion\u00eb dollar\u00eb, por kishte marr\u00eb vet\u00ebm tre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shpejt pas k\u00ebsaj, nj\u00eb grup investitor\u00ebsh nga Hong Kongu, p\u00ebrfshir\u00eb Dr. Liew, padit\u00ebn The WatchFund dhe Khoo n\u00eb Singapor p\u00ebr paraqitje t\u00eb rreme dhe shkelje kontrate. Ata than\u00eb se Khoo, i cili e drejtonte biznesin kryesisht i vet\u00ebm, kishte shkelur marr\u00ebveshjet e b\u00ebra para pandemis\u00eb p\u00ebr riblerjen e 17 or\u00ebve.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJe i \u00e7mendur apo \u00e7far\u00eb?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00eb vitin 2024, gjykata vendosi se kompania e Khoo kishte shkelur kontrat\u00ebn dhe e urdh\u00ebroi t\u00eb riblente or\u00ebt p\u00ebr rreth 2.5 milion\u00eb dollar\u00eb t\u00eb Singaporit, ose 2 milion\u00eb dollar\u00eb amerikan\u00eb. Por gjyqtari hodhi posht\u00eb pretendimet personale kund\u00ebr Khoo, duke vendosur se investitor\u00ebt kishin n\u00ebnshkruar marr\u00ebveshjet me WatchFund Hong Kong, kompanin\u00eb e tij, dhe jo me vet\u00eb Khoo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rreth t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebs koh\u00eb, Zubin Daruwalla – nj\u00eb shok i shkoll\u00ebs fillore i Khoo dhe klient q\u00eb kishte fituar para me t\u00eb – po haste v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsi p\u00ebr t\u00eb t\u00ebrhequr investimin e tij.<\/span><\/p>\n

I d\u00ebshp\u00ebruar, ai kontaktoi Vincent Perriard, bashk\u00ebthemelues i prodhuesit t\u00eb or\u00ebve luksoze HYT, p\u00ebr t\u00eb vler\u00ebsuar nj\u00eb or\u00eb t\u00eb prodhuar nga kjo kompani q\u00eb ai e kishte bler\u00eb nga Khoo. Dr. Daruwalla tha se i tregoi Perriard se ishte angazhuar ta blinte or\u00ebn \u201cme nj\u00eb \u00e7mim absurd\u201d – 150,000 franga zvicerane, ose 191,000 dollar\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTi i ke paguar ato para? Je i \u00e7mendur apo \u00e7far\u00eb?\u201d<\/em> iu p\u00ebrgjigj Perriard, sipas nj\u00eb regjistrimi t\u00eb bised\u00ebs t\u00eb ofruar nga Dr. Daruwalla.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perriard m\u00eb pas i tha Dr. Daruwalla se mund t\u2019ia shiste t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn or\u00eb p\u00ebr 20,000 franga zvicerane, sipas mesazheve t\u00eb shqyrtuara nga The Times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perriard nuk iu p\u00ebrgjigj k\u00ebrkes\u00ebs p\u00ebr koment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Samathivathanachai pati nj\u00eb p\u00ebrvoj\u00eb t\u00eb ngjashme me nj\u00eb vler\u00ebsim t\u00eb pavarur. Sotheby\u2019s vler\u00ebsoi se ora q\u00eb ai kishte bler\u00eb nga Khoo vlente m\u00eb pak se nj\u00eb e pesta e 128,000 dollar\u00ebve q\u00eb kishte paguar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Falimentimi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rr\u00ebfimet e klient\u00ebve t\u00eb Khoo sugjerojn\u00eb se biznesi i tij kishte v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsi. Ai u tha disa klient\u00ebve se protestat n\u00eb Hong Kong n\u00eb vitin 2019 dhe pandemia kishin penguar bler\u00ebsit e mundsh\u00ebm t\u00eb udh\u00ebtonin, sipas dokumenteve gjyq\u00ebsore.<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00eb tregun m\u00eb t\u00eb gjer\u00eb, investitor\u00ebt kishin filluar t\u00eb largoheshin nga or\u00ebt luksoze si klas\u00eb aktivesh q\u00eb nga viti 2022, me rritjen e normave t\u00eb interesit pas pandemis\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n

M\u00eb pas, Khoo humbi \u00e7\u00ebshtjen kund\u00ebr Tse, klientit nga Hong Kongu. Gjykata e urdh\u00ebroi t\u00eb paguante 12.8 milion\u00eb dollar\u00eb t\u00eb Hong Kongut, ose 1.6 milion\u00eb dollar\u00eb. Ai nuk e b\u00ebri kurr\u00eb pages\u00ebn. N\u00eb nj\u00eb email, Tse tha se kishte paraqitur nj\u00eb k\u00ebrkes\u00eb p\u00ebr falimentim kund\u00ebr Khoo n\u00eb gusht, n\u00eb p\u00ebrpjekje p\u00ebr t\u00eb rikuperuar parat\u00eb e tij. Tse refuzoi t\u00eb diskutonte m\u00eb tej \u00e7\u00ebshtjen, por nj\u00eb gjykat\u00eb e shpalli Khoo-n\u00eb t\u00eb falimentuar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00abN\u00eb fillim, ai b\u00ebri gjith\u00e7ka si\u00e7 duhet\u00bb, tha Jay Samathivathanachai, nj\u00eb nga investitor\u00ebt n\u00eb WatchFund. Ai investoi ekuivalentin e 100,000 dollar\u00ebve te z. Khoo n\u00eb vitin 2017 dhe nxori fitim<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

N\u00eb intervist\u00ebn e par\u00eb, Khoo tha se ishte larguar nga Singapori, por k\u00ebrkoi q\u00eb The Times t\u00eb mos b\u00ebnte publik vendndodhjen e tij aktuale, pasi kishte frik\u00eb p\u00ebr sigurin\u00eb e tij. Ai tha se sht\u00ebpia e tij n\u00eb Singapor ishte thyer me forc\u00eb, faqja e tij e internetit ishte hakeruar dhe se babai i tij ishte kanosur nga grupi i klient\u00ebve nga Hong Kongu q\u00eb e kan\u00eb paditur.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jowin Fung, nj\u00eb nga k\u00ebta klient\u00eb, tha se nj\u00eb investitor tjet\u00ebr kishte pun\u00ebsuar nj\u00eb mbledh\u00ebs borxhesh t\u00eb licencuar p\u00ebr t\u00eb tentuar t\u00eb rikuperonte parat\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grupi i investitor\u00ebve nga Hong Kongu, ku b\u00ebn pjes\u00eb edhe Liew, tha se nuk ka marr\u00eb asnj\u00eb qindark\u00eb nga Khoo. Ata vijojn\u00eb t\u00eb ndjekin pretendimet e tyre n\u00eb gjykat\u00eb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khoo nuk u paraqit n\u00eb gjykat\u00eb vitin e kaluar dhe nuk dor\u00ebzoi dokumentet q\u00eb gjykata k\u00ebrkoi, sipas Raymond Lye, avokat i padit\u00ebsve. P\u00ebrve\u00e7 pretendimeve t\u00eb grupit nga Hong Kongu, Khoo tha se po p\u00ebrballet edhe me nj\u00eb akuz\u00eb p\u00ebr mosrespektim t\u00eb gjykat\u00ebs, e cila mund t\u00eb \u00e7oj\u00eb n\u00eb gjob\u00eb ose burgim. Ai pritet t\u00eb rikthehet n\u00eb gjykat\u00eb k\u00ebt\u00eb muaj.<\/span><\/p>\n

VINI RE<\/strong><\/span>: Ky material \u00ebsht\u00eb pron\u00ebsi intelektuale e NY Times<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dominic Khoo rrezatonte pasuri dhe sukses. Ai jetonte n\u00eb nj\u00eb vil\u00eb koloniale n\u00eb Singapor, nd\u00ebrronte vazhdimisht makinat luksoze dhe shoq\u00ebrohej me figura si Dennis Rodman. Ai ishte nj\u00eb fotograf i famsh\u00ebm q\u00eb ishte pasuruar duke tregtuar ora luksoze, si ato t\u00eb prodhuara nga Audemars Piguet dhe Girard-Perregaux. Ai u thoshte investitor\u00ebve t\u00eb mundsh\u00ebm se i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":51,"featured_media":795139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballina"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795137"}],"version-history":[{"count":795161,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795161,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795137\/revisions\/795161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hashtag.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}